Dash-screen for vehicles



(No Model.)

J. H. MURPHY. EASE SGEEEN EOE VEHICLES.

No. 384,997. Patented June 26, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JOHIT H. MURPHY, OF MERRIMAC, MASSACHUSETTS.

DASH-SCREEN FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,997, dated June 26. 1888.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom, may concern- Be it known that I, JOHNII. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merrimac, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dash-Screens for Vehicles, of which the following isaspecilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in dashes for vehicles, and among the objects in view are to simplify the construction, facilitate theirl manufacture, and reduce the number ot parts and the cost thereof.

The invention consists in certain features ot construction,hereinafterspecilied,and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Referring to the drawings,Fignre lis a front elevation of a dash constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a similar view in detail of a modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both the gures.

In carrying out my invention, I construct the dash in two sections or castings, A and B, whichfmay be of any desired configuration or design, the only requisite being that each section is formed with two parallel tie-bars or arms, A B. `Any ordinary means may be employed for securing the sections to the vehicle,

and the sections may be connected to each other at or about the center by any desired means. In this instance, for the purpose of simplicity, I chamfer or undercut the ends of .strong article is furnished.

fer the arms B. These ends are joined by means of rivets C, passed through the arms and headed. In this relation, however, I do not confine myinvention, for,as shown in Fig. 2, an ordinary dowel -joint may be formed. Over the frame thus formed is stretched or suitably secured the leather or wire covering D.

By the construction just described a dash may be formed which may be easily and conveniently cast in two sections,which arejoined and covered, wherebya neat, lasting, and

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. A dash-frame for vehieles,consistiug of the two castings A and B, having the integral cast-arms A and'B, respectively, terminating in form for permanent connection with cach other, substantially as specified.

2. A dash for vehicles, consisting of the castings A and B, having theintegral arms A B centrally connected, as at C, substantially as specified.

3. A dash for vehicles, consisting of the castings A and B, having the chamfered arms A B connected, as at C, and provided with the covering D, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. MURPHY. Witnesses: i

D. W. GoULD, J. P. Ivns.

the tie bars or arms Aiand overcut or cham V 

